AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF):
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This award is to support the training of researchers who have received a doctoral degree to provide initial funding leading to an independent career in cancer research (including basic, preclinical, clinical, cancer control, psychosocial, behavioral, epidemiology, health services and health policy research).
Awards may be for three years with progressive stipends of $44,000, $46,000, and $48,000 per year, plus a $4,000 per year fellowship allowance. Depending on availability of special endowment funds, the Society annually selects one or more of the top-ranked fellowships to be supplemented above the standard stipend.

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ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE SUR LE CANCER (ACR)

ARC - Departement Des Commissions Scientifiques
94803 Villejuif Cedex
Fax (33) 01 45 59 58 80

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BURROUGHS WELLCOME FUND

BWF's emphasis is on the career development of biomedical scientists and on advancing areas in the basic medical sciences that are underfunded or that have a shortage of qualified researchers. BWF, which is governed by a Board of Directors composed of distinguished scientists and business leaders, is not affiliated with any corporation. With its current endowment of about $700 million, BWF makes approximately $35 million in grants annually in the United States and Canada. BWF channels its financial support primarily through competitive award programs, which are directed by advisory committees composed of leading scientists and educators. The majority of awards are made to degree-granting institutions on behalf of individual researchers, who must be nominated by their institution.

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DAMON RUNYON

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for Basic and Physician Scientists

ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must have completed one or more of the following degrees or its equivalent: MD, PhD, DDS, DVM.

Level 1 Funding: Basic and physician-scientists must have received their degrees no more than one year prior to the FAC meeting at which their applications are to be considered. Applicants must not have been in their Sponsors' labs for more than one year prior to the date of the FAC meeting at which their applications are to be considered and are expected to devote 100% of their time and effort to Damon Runyon-supported research activities.

Level 2 Funding: Physician-scientist applicants (MD, MD/PhD, DDS, DVM or the equivalent) must have completed their residencies and clinical training no more than three years prior to the FAC meeting at which their applications are to be considered. They also must be board eligible at the start date of the Damon Runyon Fellowship and be able to devote at least 80% of their time and effort to Damon Runyon-supported research activities.

The proposed investigation must be conducted at a university, hospital or research institution.

No more than two Damon Runyon Fellows will be funded to work with the same Sponsor at any given time.

Only one fellowship application will be accepted from a Sponsor or Fellow per review session; there is no limit, however, to the number of applications from an institution.

Postdoctoral training in the same institution in which the applicant received his or her degree is discouraged, particularly if it was in the same department.

Candidates who have already accepted a postdoctoral research fellowship award are not eligible.

Candidates who are pursuing a degree are not eligible.

Candidates applying to work in foreign-based or United States government laboratories may be awarded a fellowship if they are considered to be especially meritorious or if the program represents an unusual opportunity for postdoctoral training.

Foreign candidates may apply to do their research only in the United States.

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EMBO LONG TERM FELLOWSHIPS

PURPOSE
The EMBO Long-Term Fellowships are awarded for a period of up to two years and support post-doctoral research visits to laboratories throughout Europe and the world. International exchange is a key feature in the application process. All fellowships must involve movement between countries and one of those countries must be an EMBC Member State. Only candidates who have had a career break for at least one year for child-care reasons will be given special consideration when applying to stay within the same country.

DURATION

• The fellowship may be awarded for a period of up to 24 months, dependent on a positive interim request from the supervisor. The reviewing committee may also award a shorter period than requested.
• It is acceptable that a fellow would use the EMBO support to complete work initiated under some other fellowship.The maximum time for a combination of this previous support with that from EMBO will be 36 months if the laboratory is within a member state. In non-member states the maximum combined period is 24 months. The application will be valid only if the fellow has been in the receiving laboratory for a period not greater than 2 years at the relevant closing date for application.
• All fellowships must be started within one calendar year of the relevant closing date for applications.

ELIGIBILITY

• Applicants must hold a doctorate degree or equivalent before the start of the fellowship but not necessarily when applying.
• Applicants must have at least one first author publication in press or published in an international peer reviewed journal at the time of application.
• Candidates can only submit applications for one project at one host laboratory at each round of selection.
• Applications are only considered from candidates with a maximum of two years postdoctoral experience at the time of the application deadline. Exceptions are made for applicants with career breaks due to military service or childcare.
• Candidates who have had a career break for at least one year for child-care reasons will be given special consideration when applying to stay within the same country.
• All applications must involve movement between countries. The laboratory of origin or the receiving institute or the applicant’s nationality must be from one of the EMBC Member States.

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HELEN HAY WHITNEY FOUNDATION

The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation supports early postdoctoral research training in all basic biomedical sciences. To attain its ultimate goal of increasing the number of imaginative, well-trained and dedicated medical scientists, the Foundation grants financial support of sufficient duration to help further the careers of young men and women engaged in biological or medical research.

ELIGIBILITY
Candidates who hold, or are in the final stages of obtaining a Ph.D., M.D., or equivalent degree and are seeking beginning postdoctoral training in basic biomedical research are eligible to apply for a fellowship. The Foundation accepts applications from candidates who have no more than one year of postdoctoral research experience at the time of the deadline for submitting the application (July 14), and who have received a PhD (or D.Phil. or equivalent) degree no more than two years before the deadline, or an M.D. degree no more than three years before the deadline.

Fellowships may be awarded to US citizens planning to work in laboratories either in the US, Canada, or abroad and also to foreign citizens for research in laboratories in the US only. We expect that most applicants will reside in North America at the time of application. Foreign Students will need to obtain appropriate visa documentation, as required by US Immigration.

Applications from established scientists or advanced fellows will not be considered. The fellowships are for early postdoctoral training only. Clinical house-staff training does not count as "postdoctoral laboratory training.”

The Foundation will not ordinarily consider applicants who plan tenure of the fellowship in the laboratory in which they have already received extensive predoctoral or postdoctoral training. The aim of the fellowship is to broaden postdoctoral training and experience, and a significant change of venue is advisable. Since the number of available fellowships is limited, the Foundation does not make more than one award in any one year for training with a given supervisor, and in addition, will not support more than two fellows per laboratory at one time.

The Foundation expects that fellowship training will be obtained in an academic setting. The selection of a commercial or industrial laboratory for the training experience is not acceptable.

DURATION
The Whitney Fellowship is for a period of three years, contingent on performance satisfactory to the Foundation's Scientific Advisory Committee. One and two-year fellowships are not considered.

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HFSP

Long-Term Fellowships: There is one review cycle per year. The deadline for receiving applications is in September. See website for details. The final decisions on awards are made at the end of the following March.

Long-Term Fellowships are reserved for applicants with a Ph.D. in a biological discipline to embark on a new project in a different field of the life sciences. Preference is given to applicants who propose an original study in biology that marks a departure from their previous Ph.D. or postdoctoral work so as to learn new methods or change study system.

The fellowships provide approximately $US 46,000 per year, including allowances for travel and research expenses. To be eligible, a fellow must either come from or go to a member country.

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JANE COFFIN CHILDS MEMORIAL FUND

ELIGIBILITY
The conditions under which these awards are made are as follows: Applicants in general should not have more than ONE YEAR of postdoctoral experience. They must hold either the M.D. degree or the Ph.D. degree in the field in which they propose to study or furnish evidence of equivalent training and experience.

The appointment will normally be for three years. The Fund recognizes that in some instances there may be valid reasons for changing both laboratory and sponsor. Such changes require the permission of the Director with the advice of the Board of Scientific Advisers. Applicants who, at the time of initiation of the fellowship, will have completed one year in a position as postdoctoral fellow or equivalent will usually be awarded a maximum of two years of fellowship support from this foundation. Only under exceptional circumstances will an award be made to an individual who will have had two years or more of postdoctoral research experience.

Applicants may be citizens of any country but for foreign nationals awards will be made only for study in the United States. American citizens may hold a fellowship either in the United States or in a foreign country.

An applicant in addition to submitting evidence as to preand postdoctoral training must supply (a) the names and addresses of three individuals personally acquainted both with the applicant and with the applicant’s professional work, one of whom should be the principal predoctoral advisor, (b) a suitably documented outline of the research problem proposed, and (c) the written consent of the chief of laboratory and a responsible fiscal officer of the host institution indicating their willingness to accept and provide necessary facilities for the Fellow. (Please note that in the event of multiple applications, it is the policy of the Fund to initiate no more than one fellowship under a particular sponsor in any fiscal year.)

STIPEND AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCE
The basic stipend at present is $50,000 the first year, $50,000 the second year, and $50,000 the third year, with an additional $1000 for each dependent child. There is no dependency allowance for a spouse. An allowance of $1,500 a year toward the cost of the research usually will be made available to the laboratory sponsoring the fellow. A travel award will be made to the Fellow and family for travel to the sponsoring laboratory. Return travel for Fellows will be considered depending upon the Fellow’s plans and situation at the time.

DEADLINE
The meetings of the Boards of the Fund for the review of fellowship applications are normally held in late April or early May of each year.

Should the first fall on a weekend, the deadline will be the following Monday. Applicants should note that late applications will not be considered. Please note also that due to the number of applications received, the Fund is unable to provide critiques of unsuccessful candidates.

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LEUKEMIA SOCIETY OF AMERICA

CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
Leukemia, Lymphoma, Hodgkin's Disease, Myeloma

The Leukemia Society of America provides support for individuals pursuing careers in basic, clinical, or translational research in leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma. To advance the understanding, treatment, and prevention of these malignancies, three levels of support are provided as described below.

Scholar:
Scholars are highly qualified investigators who have shown a capacity for independent, sustained original investigation in the field of leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. These Scholars are expected to hold independent faculty-level or equivalent positions and have obtained substantial support for their research from a national agency. Scholar awards are for up to $110,000 per year for five years. Annual renewals are based on a non-competitive progress report review.

Special Fellow:
Special Fellows are qualified investigators who have completed a minimum of two years of postdoctoral research training and are continuing their research under the direction of a research Sponsor. The Special Fellowship should permit the scientist to begin to transition to an independent research program. Special Fellow awards are for up to $65,000 per year for three years. Annual renewals are based on a non-competitive progress report review.

Fellow:
Fellows are promising investigators with less than two years of postdoctoral research training. These grantees are encouraged to embark on an academic career involving clinical or fundamental research in, or related to, leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma under the direction of a research sponsor. Fellow awards are for up to $55,000 per year for three years. Annual renewals are based on a non-competitive progress report review.

Deadlines for Career Development Awards: Scholarship, Special Fellowship, and Fellowship

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LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH FOUNDATION (LSRF)

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

The LSRF solicits monies from industry, foundations and individuals to support postdoctoral fellowships in the life sciences. Active solicitation of funds continues, for which we need the assistance of all concerned individuals. We recognize that discoveries and the application of innovations in biology for the public's good will depend upon the training and support of the highest quality young scientists in the very best research environments. LSRF awards fellowships across the spectrum of the life sciences: biochemistry; cell, developmental, molecular, plant, structural, organismic population and evolutionary biology; endocrinology; immunology; microbiology; neurobiology; physiology; virology.

ELIGIBILITY
Three-year fellowships will be awarded on a competitive basis to graduates of medical and graduate schools in the biological sciences holding M.D., Ph.D., D.V.M. or D.D.S. degrees. Awards will be based solely on the quality of the individual applicant's previous accomplishments, and on the merit of the proposal for postdoctoral research. Persons doing a second postdoc are eligible only if they are transferring to a different supervisor's laboratory and embarking on a new project not connected to their previous research. All U.S. citizens are eligible to apply with no geographic restriction on the laboratory of their choice. Foreign applicants will be eligible for study in U.S. laboratories. LSRF fellows must carry out their research at nonprofit institutions. LSRF fellows can change projects, laboratories, and/or institutions during the fellowship as long as the eligibility rules listed here are not violated. A person holding a faculty appointment is not eligible to apply for an LSRF fellowship.

Note: There can be no more than one LSRF fellow in any one laboratory at a time. If a laboratory contains an LSRF fellow, no other applicant intending to work in that particular lab would be eligible to apply. However, multiple applicants may apply from a lab which does not contain an LSRF fellow (but only one fellowship would be awarded). Please verify this matter with your intended supervisor.

The fellowship cannot be used to support research that has a patent commitment or involves any other kind of agreement with a commercial, profit-making company. Any patentable discovery from the individual's research becomes the property of the institution where the research is conducted.

SPONSORSHIP
Corporate, foundation or individual sponsors will have their name directly associated with individual recipients who will acknowledge this affiliation in all publications. For example: "[Name of fellow] is a [Name of Sponsor] Fellow of LSRF." The assignment of a specific sponsor to a fellow will be done by the panel of scientists who award the fellowships. The prospective fellow will not be able to choose his/her assignment nor will sponsors have a say in the selection process or in the assignment.

ANNUAL MEETING
Once each year all current fellows will meet for two days and present their research. The LSRF Board and Staff, the Sponsors, the Peer Review Committee and Guest Scientists are invited to attend the meeting.

In addition, fellows must agree to meet at least once a year with their sponsor. In the case of corporate sponsors, this usually means a visit by the fellow to the company.

STIPENDS
The fellowship award is $57,000 per year and is meant to be a minigrant. LSRF keeps $1000 for administrative expenses and passes the rest to the fellow. Effective June 1, 2009, the salary scale begins at $43,000 for a first-year postdoctoral, $45,000 for a second year, and $47,000 thereafter. The fellow, not the advisor, will control expenditure of the remainder. It can be used for fringe benefits (up to $2,000/year), travel to the host institution, travel to visit the sponsor and to the LSRF annual meeting. However, its main purpose is to support the fellow's research expenses. The LSRF does not award an institutional allowance for overhead.

An escrow fund is available to fellows who can elect to have up to $5,000 per year withheld from their grant by LSRF. At the end of their fellowship, they will receive the withheld money as a one-time grant, if and when they assume a position at a nonprofit institution in the United States. Fellows who elect to have an escrow account will then be obligated to their sponsor for one more year. This obligation includes the visit to the sponsor and the acknowledgment of sponsorship in publications.

TIMETABLE
A panel of biological scientists (The Peer Review Committee) will judge and select applications once each year. The deadline for applications is October 1. Awards will be announced from March to May for funding as early as June 1.

LSRF does not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, race or nationality.

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THE MEDICAL FOUNDATION

Research Programs

The Medical Foundation's Research Programs work in partnership with scientists at institutions throughout New England to fund research projects in biomedical, clinical and community health medicine. Currently, five programs support various funding initiatives in New England only aimed at researchers with varying levels of experience. Application deadlines for each separate grant program change each year and guidelines are revised on an annual basis. Questions or requests for application guidelines should be directed to the Grants Office, (617) 451-0049, X702. No inquiries or applications can be accepted via e-mail at this time.

Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Established in 1936, the Charles A. King Trust was created to "support and promote the investigation of human disease and the alleviation of human suffering through improved treatment." In keeping with these principles, the Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports clinical or health services research scientists in the early to mid stages of their research careers and basic scientists in the later stages of their postdoctoral research training. The primary goal of the Program is to prepare postdoctoral fellows for academic careers as successful independent investigators. Bank of America, Edward Dane, and Lucy West serve as Co-Trustees of the Charles A. King Trust.

The Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program is designed to support postdoctoral scientists in non-profit academic, medical or research institutions in Massachusetts. Each applicant must be working under the supervision of an established scientist who is the designated Mentor. The primary goal of the Program is to prepare postdoctoral fellows for academic careers as successful independent investigators.

Two-year grants ranging from $43,500 to $51,000 per year, inclusive of a $2,000 expense allowance, will be awarded.

By July 1st of each funding cycle, Clinical/Health Services Research: Applicants with clinical responsibilities must have completed residency and be enrolled in a postdoctoral fellowship program. Applicants without clinical responsibilities must have completed at least three years of full-time postdoctoral research experience and no more than five years of postdoctoral experience.

By July 1st, Basic Science: Applicants holding the Ph.D., M.D., D.M.D., M.D./Ph.D. or equivalent degrees must have completed at least three years of full-time postdoctoral research experience and no more than five years of postdoctoral experience.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB)

SYNOPSIS
The Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) awards Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology to recent recipients of the doctoral degree for research and training in selected areas supported by BIO and with special goals for human resource development in biology. The fellowships encourage independence at an early stage of the research career to permit Fellows to pursue their research and training goals in the most appropriate research locations regardless of the availability of funding for the Fellows at that site. For FY 2012, these BIO programs are (1) Broadening Participation in Biology; (2) Intersections of Biology and Mathematical and Physical Sciences; and (3) National Plant Genome Initiative Postdoctoral Research Fellowships. These areas change periodically as new scientific and infrastructure opportunities present themselves; and this solicitation will be changed as necessary to reflect the areas being funded. The fellowships are also designed to provide active mentoring of the Fellows by the sponsoring scientists who will benefit from having these talented young scientists in their research groups. The research and training plan of each fellowship must address important scientific questions within the scope of the BIO Directorate and the specific guidelines in this fellowship program solicitation. International and teaching options are also offered. Because the fellowships are offered only to postdoctoral scientists early in their careers, NSF encourages doctoral advisors to discuss the availability of BIO fellowships with their graduate students early in their doctoral programs. Fellowships are awards to individuals, not institutions, and are administered by the Fellows.

ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION
Organization Limit:
Only individuals may apply. NSF postdoctoral fellowships are awards to individuals, and applications are submitted directly by applicants to NSF. However, applications must include sponsoring scientists' statements and the applicants must affiliate with institutions (e.g., colleges and universities, and privately-sponsored nonprofit institutes and museums, government agencies and laboratories, and, under special conditions, for-profit organizations) anywhere in the world.

PI Limit:
Applicants must be U.S. citizens (or nationals) or permanent residents of the United States (i.e., have a "green card") at deadline; earn or plan to earn the doctoral degree in a scientific or mathematical field prior to the requested start date of the fellowship and have not accepted an academic appointment; either currently be a graduate student or, at the deadline date, have served in a position requiring the doctoral degree for no more than 12 full time months since earning the degree; present a research and training plan that falls within the purview of BIO and includes the required information for the specific competition as described in this document; select both a host institution and sponsoring scientists different from the doctoral degree and the current position; not have received Federal funding of more than $20,000 as PI or co-PI (except graduate fellowships and doctoral dissertation improvement grants); not have submitted the same project to another NSF program; AND not be a named participant on any other proposal submitted to NSF, including regular research proposals, concurrent with the fellowship application, regardless of who is the named principal investigator. If you fail to meet any eligibility criterion, your application will be returned without review.

Limit on Number of Proposals per Organization:
Only individuals may apply. There is no limit on the number of applicants that an institution may host.

Limit on Number of Proposals per PI: 1
Applicants may submit only one fellowship application to BIO per fiscal year and may apply in no more than 2 successive years for all Postdoctoral Fellowships in Biology.

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NIH: NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARDS FOR INDIVIDUAL POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Citizenship. By the time of award, individuals must be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the United States, or have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence (i.e., possess a currently valid Alien Registration Receipt Card I-551, or other legal verification of such status). Non-citizen nationals are generally persons born in outlying possessions of the United States (i.e., American Samoa and Swains Island). Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible.

Degree Requirements. Before an NRSA award can be activated, the individual must have received a Ph.D., M.D., D.O., D.D.S., D.V.M., O.D., D.P.M., Sc.D., Eng.D., Dr. P.H., D.N.S., Pharm.D., D.S.W., Psy.D., or equivalent doctoral degree from an accredited domestic or foreign institution. Certification by an authorized official of the degree-granting institution that all degree requirements have been met is also acceptable.

F32 applications undergo a review process that takes between 5 and 8 months. The receipt dates and the three annual review cycles are as follows:

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NARSAD: The Brain and Behavior Research Fund

Young Investigator Award

AWARD GUIDELINES
NARSAD is the largest non-government, donor-supported organization that distributes funds for psychiatric brain and behavior disorder research. The NARSAD Young Investigator Award Program offers up to $30,000 a year for up to two (2) years to enable promising investigators to either extend their research fellowship training or to begin careers as independent research faculty.

The program is intended to facilitate innovative research opportunities and supports basic, as well as translational and/or clinical investigators, however, research must be relevant to our understanding, treatment and prevention of serious psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, or child and adolescent psychiatric disorders.

As is well known, NARSAD is interested in supporting the full range of relevant neurobiological and psychobiological basic science. We also support clinical grants which can include careful studies using qualitative research approaches or research generating preliminary data to explore a new hypothesis generated by clinical experience or large sample studies. NARSAD grant awards are not sufficient to support expensive large sample patient-based studies but it may be possible to attach a study to a clinical project already under way or for which other funding has become available. Some possibilities for preliminary clinical studies include: